# Ecuador Import Opportunities

Explore Ecuador's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $26.3B
- Import CAGR: +3.4%
- Trade openness: 56.8%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $3.4B | +12.6% | 56 | 6607 |
| 2 | HS 271012 | Not reported | $986.9M | +12.6% | 20 | 6684 |
| 3 | HS 270750 | Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures: n.e.c. in heading no. 2707, of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 degrees Celsius by the ISO 3405 method (equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method) | $602.5M | +35.9% | 21 | 3631 |
| 4 | HS 271600 | Electrical energy | $322.4M | +32.6% | 3 | 9966 |
| 5 | HS 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $468.3M | +7.9% | 5 | 9995 |
| 6 | HS 230400 | Oil-cake and other solid residues: whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil | $688.2M | +16.7% | 7 | 3833 |
| 7 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $442.3M | +11.5% | 50 | 3979 |
| 8 | HS 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $337.8M | +14.8% | 45 | 4174 |
| 9 | HS 870322 | Vehicles: with only spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, cylinder capacity over 1000 but not over 1500cc | $298.3M | +6.2% | 21 | 3816 |
| 10 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $165.8M | +7.8% | 10 | 9990 |
| 11 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $188.9M | +11.2% | 54 | 5099 |
| 12 | HS 871120 | Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles: fitted with an auxiliary motor, reciprocating internal combustion piston engine, of cylinder capacity exceeding 50cc but not exceeding 250cc, with or without side-cars: side-cars | $135.0M | +13.3% | 12 | 5980 |
| 13 | HS 721049 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, (not corrugated), plated or coated with zinc (not electrolytically) | $99.0M | +11.0% | 8 | 9639 |
| 14 | HS 480411 | Kraft paper and paperboard: kraftliner, uncoated, unbleached, in rolls or sheets, other than that of heading no. 4802 or 4803 | $159.9M | +1.1% | 19 | 6464 |
| 15 | HS 100199 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, other than durum wheat, other than seed | $288.5M | +6.2% | 4 | 2760 |
| 16 | HS 852872 | Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus: incorporating a colour video display or screen | $115.3M | +11.8% | 34 | 5344 |
| 17 | HS 720839 | Iron or non-alloy steel: in coils, without patterns in relief, flat-rolled, of a width 600mm or more, hot-rolled, of a thickness of less than 3mm | $130.2M | +7.4% | 5 | 5426 |
| 18 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $140.7M | +10.7% | 69 | 3853 |
| 19 | HS 290110 | Acyclic hydrocarbons: saturated | $61.6M | +21.3% | 16 | 9908 |
| 20 | HS 870421 | Vehicles: compression-ignition internal combustion piston engine (diesel or semi-diesel), for transport of goods, (of a gvw not exceeding 5 tonnes), n.e.c. in item no 8704.1 | $175.6M | +10.3% | 15 | 2880 |
| 21 | HS 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $97.6M | +5.2% | 2 | 8505 |
| 22 | HS 230110 | Flours, meals and pellets: of meat or meat offal, greaves | $58.8M | +30.5% | 10 | 7854 |
| 23 | HS 310210 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: nitrogenous, urea, whether or not in aqueous solution | $99.4M | +4.6% | 17 | 7765 |
| 24 | HS 950300 | Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $93.8M | +4.6% | 66 | 7536 |
| 25 | HS 100119 | Cereals: wheat and meslin, durum wheat, other than seed | $84.5M | +20.2% | 5 | 4548 |
| 26 | HS 300490 | Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $504.7M | +7.3% | 64 | 641 |
| 27 | HS 841510 | Air conditioning machines: comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, window or wall types, self-contained or split-system | $63.7M | +12.1% | 24 | 8611 |
| 28 | HS 870340 | Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $163.0M | +29.5% | 19 | 1354 |
| 29 | HS 390120 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more | $86.8M | +6.4% | 20 | 5565 |
| 30 | HS 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $58.7M | +21.6% | 6 | 5999 |
| 31 | HS 401110 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) | $91.8M | +8.0% | 38 | 4475 |
| 32 | HS 390761 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate): in primary forms, having a viscosity of 78ml/g or higher | $65.2M | +10.1% | 13 | 7623 |
| 33 | HS 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $199.5M | +7.4% | 57 | 1418 |
| 34 | HS 840999 | Engines: parts for internal combustion piston engines (excluding spark-ignition) | $130.7M | +7.3% | 70 | 2547 |
| 35 | HS 842952 | Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders: with a 360 degree revolving super structure | $93.7M | +8.2% | 22 | 3971 |
| 36 | HS 390140 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, ethylene-alpha-olefin copolymers, having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $48.7M | +13.8% | 14 | 9490 |
| 37 | HS 401120 | Rubber: new pneumatic tyres, of a kind used on buses or lorries | $74.1M | +4.9% | 28 | 6732 |
| 38 | HS 390110 | Ethylene polymers: in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 | $95.7M | +4.4% | 31 | 4554 |
| 39 | HS 847410 | Machines: for sorting, screening, separating or washing earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances | $58.3M | +18.0% | 24 | 5152 |
| 40 | HS 740811 | Copper: wire, of refined copper, of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6mm | $57.5M | +4.8% | 7 | 9340 |
| 41 | HS 721061 | Iron or non-alloy steel: flat-rolled, width 600mm or more, plated or coated with aluminium zinc-alloys | $44.7M | +10.4% | 6 | 9677 |
| 42 | HS 870380 | Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion | $64.5M | +36.2% | 12 | 3477 |
| 43 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $82.3M | +10.6% | 71 | 3084 |
| 44 | HS 290613 | Alcohols: cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic and derivatives, sterols and inositols | $37.1M | +21.8% | 11 | 6456 |
| 45 | HS 270799 | Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar: n.e.s. in heading no. 2707 | $32.4M | +24.9% | 8 | 6899 |
| 46 | HS 080810 | Fruit, edible: apples, fresh | $53.7M | +6.7% | 8 | 6340 |
| 47 | HS 100590 | Cereals: maize (corn), other than seed | $46.8M | +4.0% | 5 | 8894 |
| 48 | HS 841810 | Refrigerators and freezers: combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors, electric or other | $66.0M | +8.0% | 18 | 4274 |
| 49 | HS 850213 | Electric generating sets: with compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines), of an output exceeding 375kVA | $89.4M | +7.9% | 27 | 2799 |
| 50 | HS 380892 | Fungicides: not containing substances of 3808.50: put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | $116.4M | +5.4% | 38 | 1869 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.